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Just over a third of the overweight subjects in the Kaprio cohort had expressed intent to lose weight at baseline in 1975.
While having hip OA could lead to obesity, and while overweight and hip OA may not be related and hip OA may not occur in all populations to the same extent [ 14, 17], it is possible that cumulative exposure to excessive body mass may increase the risk of subsequently developing hip OA [ 1, 2] and the worsening of the disease [ 11, 12, 15, 18].
We hypothesized that because of a history of sedentarity, pain and/or a high prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidi-ties, patients diagnosed as having clinical and radiographic hip OA would tend to be overweight or obese, rather than underweight or of normal weight.
Epidemiologic studies of the relation between overweight and mortality typically must address three principal concerns [6].
In conclusion our study confirms the hypothesis that overweight and obese adolescents have higher fasting plasma glucose and insulin levels, and an abnormal lipid profile relative to their lean peers.